And just like that, the previously leaked Marvel's Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition is out now on PlayStation 4. The blockbuster PS4 exclusive will be a year old in about a week, and so the timing of this release seems just right.

As you'd expect, the Game of the Year Edition includes both the base release and all downloadable content. In Spidey's case, this means that you get the three-episode 'The City That Never Sleeps' saga bundled with the game.

Marvel's Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition is priced at $39.99/£44.99. Yeah, we don't know how that exchange rate works either. It's available both on the PlayStation Store and at retailers. A physical copy comes with a voucher for the DLC.

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Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.

ok i found out, its voucher and not on disc, and its probably just a repacked vanilla disc with none of the updates on it and only have new printed label and cover, in other words its worthless to me..

"what’s in the Game of the Year Edition? You’ll find the full game, as well as a voucher for the entire Marvel’s Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps DLC. You can buy it today at PlayStation Store or at your favorite local gaming retailer."

I won't be picking that up at that ridiculous 'exchange rate'. $39.99 currently equates to £32.57, so it's significantly overpriced for everyone else... I'm guessing it's a similar situation with Euros and the rest. Our £44.99 currently equates to $54.59. That's utterly ridiculous, doubly so when it comes to digital versions with absolutely no additional packaging and distribution costs.

I sincerely hope they aren't contemplating any price hikes for next-gen games... at least, certainly not outside the US. They screwed us with that for this gen, bumping games from £45 to £55 while the US remained at $60.

I'm sure US gamers won't be happy, but maybe bump the US price for next gen and give the rest of us a break from this BS; we've being paying over the odds for at least 6 years now.

Cool, been waiting for this to be announced for a while now. I'll make this a Christmas gift to myself when the time is right. Only dilemma now is do I buy it digitally, or do I get it on disc. I prefer to have my games on disc, but I suspect it's going to be $170 or more here 😥

@Paranoimia - you're forgetting to add the 20% for V.A.T, which when added to £33 takes it to about £40 quid, but even corporations have transactional charges on foreign exchange,

i suspect next gen games will be closer to £70, they're already 70 euro and the rate is getting close to 1;1. RRP tends to be set at the start of each generation, allowing for some natural fluctuation in exchanges. back when PS3 came out, the pound was pushing $2, which is why games were around the 40 quid mark. By the time PS4 rolled around, they pound had dropped by about 25%, and games were 50 quid. It's already dropped another 25%, and by the time next winter comes, who knows...

@suikoden@Knuckles-Fajita Actually Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is being released physically with all of the dlc on disc, Cyberpunk 2077 will definitely get a complete version with all dlc on disc after a year.
It's not that difficult or expensive to release a GOTY edition with all dlc on disc.

I wish that you could get the new bundled deals with the dlc prorated or discounted from the amount you paid already for the full game without the dlc. Instead you have to buy all, in full, all over again. If I bought a game for $30 and the bundle is now 35 I should have the option of paying 5 for the rest. When that happens I dont ever buy the DLC cause I already feel screwed over.

@leucocyte You're right, I had forgotten about US game prices being net of sales tax.

That said, if you take the 20% VAT off of a £55 game, that gives an equivalent pre-tax price of around £46. However, the exchange rate at the start of this generation was £1 = $1.61 or $1 = £0.62, and if you work out a straight conversion, that gives a price of around £37. That means that even before VAT, we were being asked to pay around 24% more than US folks.

Now with this release, sure, £32.57 + 20% comes to a little under £40. But at £44.99, that means that realistically we're still expected to pay more than 12% extra for the same product.

That's significantly more than covering exchange fees, and feels a lot like we've been subsidising the US price lock. And don't forget, these inflated prices also apply to games like Killzone Shadow Fall, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and any other title produced by Sony's UK/Euro-based studios, which kinda stinks.

If they do keep $60 for next-gen and hike prices for the rest of the world again, well...

@leucocyte and everyone else in argos in the UK u can the goty edition for 35 pounds. Base game is 30 so ur getting all the the dlc for 5 pounds extra which isn't to bad. Pitty there's lots of good games at that price just now though. The devison 2 u can get for 18 pounds as with oddesy and same for just cause 4 and shadow of the tomb raider whick has excellent graphics compared to other titles even rdr2 and gow also 29.99 argos is ur best bet in the UK for games especially when in a sale. Or base.Com is great value also. I'm in two minds to buy this or buy control instead. Decisions are a bitch lol